Godblogging Part 2

Fox News's religion correspondent, Lauren Green, is not happy about Kathy Griffin's comments in her acceptance speech for her Emmy Award.

When she accepted her long-awaited award, she said: "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus."

Now I could have been mildly insulted at that and turned the other cheek, as the founder of Christianity taught. But then she went on to say "Suck it, Jesus. This award is my God now."

So what does Lauren Green think of this?

I don't know what went through her mind and why she would think that was cutting edge or even funny. But first, I want to actually show you that, in fact, Kathy Griffin is wrong. Jesus had everything to do with her winning that award. And here's the reasoning.

Jesus died on a cross 2,000 years ago. His dying words were, "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." He died and they buried him in a rock cut tomb. Three days later, as the Bible says, he rose from the dead. That day is what Christians celebrate as Easter.

Green goes on preaching for one more long paragraph, followed by the sentence that pretty much sums up my problem with the entire article:

The freedoms we enjoy in this country to speak freely and to live freely are directly related to that man who died on a cross 2,000 years ago.

Well, not exactly. The American liberal ideals came from human beings who got fed up with an increasingly totalitarian kingship and just wanted to go somewhere where they were free to pursue their own interests in peace.

It's not my business whether Lauren Green believes she will go to heaven for being a good person in this life or not. But what disturbs me about many religious people is how willing they are to take give credit to the supernatural what was actually designed by human intuition.

Again, I really have no problem with religion on a personal, non-coercive level. But isn't it also a huge oversight to ignore human abilities and accomplishments and attribute everything good about humanity to the supernatural?

Update: About 3 seconds after I clicked "Publish" for this post, Kathy Griffin appeared on my TV on Larry King Live (obviously because Jesus willed it). As annoying as Griffin is, her comments on the controversy over her speech are pretty much spot on. It's worth a watch, if you get a chance.